Origin a genetic history of the Americas

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story-and fascinating mystery-of how humans migrated to the Americas. ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and p...

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Main Author: Raff, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Twelve, Hachette Book Group, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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